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Carriage House Rig Alert Broadbill Drake

Carriage House Rig Lacon, IL, c. 1880

Carriage House Rig – Alert Broadbill Drake – 2018
$2,520
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $3,000–$4,000under estimate
Sold Jul 2018at Copley, July 2018

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SpeciesScaup/BluebillConfigDrakeSize13.5"

The catalog record

Carriage House Rig Lacon, IL, c. 1880 13 1/2 in. long

An early hollow decoy with tack eyes and raised wing carving.

This celebrated rig was found in a carriage house on the Ernest Lehmann estate, in Lake Villa, Illinois. Like other birds from this rig, the hollow construction is superb and the body seam remains tight. Birds from this rig are known for their animation in form and this bluebill shows nice attitude. In early working paint with gunning wear, including minor chips to tail and back of neck.

Provenance: Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection

Provenance

Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection

Comparable sales

The 1 most recent Carriage House Rig Scaup/Bluebill to cross the block.

SoldConditionPaintBrought
Jul 2023—Original$1,140

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